The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

Multiple clay puppets with creepy open-mouthed expressions were discovered at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador. The figurines are around 2,400 years old.

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

At an archaeological site in El Salvador, researchers have unearthed a collection of ancient clay puppets. There were a total ...

From the carefully constructed streets of Indus Valley to Egypt's lofty pyramids, from the heavens' wisdom of the Maya to the written records of the Sumerians, the earliest civilisations set the stage ...

The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...

Five clay figurines uncovered in El Salvador feature detachable heads with holes, possibly allowing them to be moved like ...

A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the ...

Clay: A Human History,” by Jennifer Lucy Allan, is a collection of fascinating fragments, from ancient myths to music made in ...

Clay figurines found on top of the remnants of a pyramid in what is now El Salvador might have been used in public ceremonies ...

A remarkable collection of five pre-Hispanic clay puppets with rotating heads has been discovered in El Salvador. Aside from ...

Archaeologists continue to discover more and more historical sites, with a 4,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge-like’ discovery being ...